(02-04-2018 13:22 )Chrisst Wrote:  I see that S66 censor their pictures on their Instagram. Fernanda herself remarked on BGF a few weeks ago that a film of her on the beach in Thailand was taken down and these days her front is rarely shown.

The FT's James Blitz Wrote:Jeremy Hunt, health secretary, has warned leading social media companies that the government will impose legislation if they fail to take action to protect children and young people online.

In a letter to leading internet groups — including Facebook, Apple and Google — Mr Hunt said the UK government would consider introducing laws to control access to online platforms because there had been “an extremely limited response” to concerns he had raised.

Mr Hunt said the companies had until the end of April to outline action on cutting harmful exposure to the internet for young people. He said the three issues the internet companies needed to address were age verification to prevent underage exposure to websites, screen-time limits, and action to reduce cyber-bullying and abuse.

He said the government could introduce legislation to tackle the issue by May when it published its response to the Internet Safety Strategy consultation.

Six months ago, Mr Hunt met the companies, asking them to work with the government to help improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

But writing in the Sunday Times newspaper, the health secretary said: “There have been a lot of warm words — and a few welcome moves to improve children’s online protection — but the overall response to my challenge has been extremely limited, leaving me to conclude that a voluntary, joint approach has not been sufficient.”

He added: “Today, therefore, I’ve written to the leading social media companies to inform them that the culture secretary and I will now be working to explore what other avenues are open to use to pursue the reforms we need … And we will not rule out legislation where it is needed.”

Mr Hunt has also asked Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, to produce a review on the impact of technology and young people’s mental health.

In his letter to the internet groups, Mr Hunt said: “I am concerned that your companies seem content with a situation where thousands of users breach your own terms and conditions on the minimum user age.

“I fear that you are collectively turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to the harmful emotional side effects of social media prematurely.

“This is both morally wrong and deeply unfair to parents who are faced with the invidious choice of allowing children to use platforms they are too young to access, or excluding them from social interaction that often the majority of their peers are engaging in.”

He added: “It is unacceptable and irresponsible for you to put parents in this position.”

The health secretary has been pushing for action from social media companies for nearly two years.

“There is a lot of evidence that the technology industry, if they put their mind to it, can do really smart things,” he said in 2016. “For example, I ask myself the simple question as to why you can’t prevent the texting of sexually explicit images by people under the age of 18, if that’s a lock that parents choose to put on a mobile phone contract.

“There is technology that can identify sexually explicit pictures and prevent [them] being transmitted.”

(14-05-2018 06:48 )ShandyHand Wrote:  I presume part/all these tenners are going to the government? Or are firms tendering for the contract (still money to the government).

(14-05-2018 06:48 )ShandyHand Wrote:  Are they going to tell us how much each scratchcard costs to put in place?

(14-05-2018 17:48 )ShandyHand Wrote:  ^ Will you STOP with the petty point scoring no-one gives a ticker's cuss (sorry only you and your sad cronies); just present the info you have found.

(14-05-2018 12:28 )BarrieBF Wrote:  You presume wrong.